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Cancer Support Community

In research, Cancer Support Community stands highest in Medicine (#5,664 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,573 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,628
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,251
of 8,685
Research works
496
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
27.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Cancer Support Community known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #5,664 of 17,978 17.6%317
Health SciencesDomain #7,573 of 20,462 18.0%332

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Support Community sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.54× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.02× its world share, 25 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.28× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cancer Support Community?

Ranked on the composite score, Joanne S. Buzaglo and M. F. Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cancer Support Community.

  1. 1 Joanne S. Buzaglo United States · #755,194 worldwide 30 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 M. F. Miller United States · #1,049,650 worldwide 24 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Cancer Support Community

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Support Community?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Depression, Anxiety, Cancer Survivorship, Health-related Quality of Life, Physical Activity, Patient-Reported Outcomes and Psychosocial Interventions.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Quality of Life13▲ 20×9 topics
  2. Depression9▲ 24×5 topics
  3. Anxiety9▲ 43×3 topics
  4. Cancer Survivorship9▲ 272×2 topics
  5. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 84×2 topics
  6. Patient-Reported Outcomes8▲ 359×1 topic
  7. Physical Activity8▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Psychosocial Interventions8▲ 359×1 topic
  9. Cost of Care4▲ 300×1 topic
  10. Financial Toxicity4▲ 300×1 topic
  11. Cancer3▲ 5.2×3 topics
  12. Breast Cancer3▲ 25×4 topics
  13. Clinical Trials2▲ 8.5×7 topics
  14. Precision Medicine2▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Aging2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  16. End-of-Life2▲ 59×2 topics
  17. Inflammation2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  18. Palliative Care2▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Social Support2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  20. Healthcare2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  21. Support Needs2▲ 104×2 topics
  22. Advance Care Planning2▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Family Perspectives2▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 58×2 topics
  25. Adolescents2▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Children2▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Self-Efficacy2▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  30. Family2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Parental Illness2▲ 134×1 topic
  32. Sarcopenia2▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Health Locus of Control2▲ 111×1 topic
  34. Health-Promoting Behaviors2▲ 111×1 topic
  35. Cognitive Function2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Health Decision Aids2▲ 128×1 topic
  37. Medical Imaging2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  38. Physician Communication2▲ 128×1 topic
  39. Cancer Incidence1▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Population-Based Study1▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Support Community publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer survivorship and care, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Cancer survivorship and …8Cancer survivorship and care: 8 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksFamily Support in Illness: 2 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 2 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksCancer-related cognitive impairment studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional works
OncologyEconomics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 8 works
  2. 2 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Family Support in Illness Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available18.3%not open81.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Support Community's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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